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' LINOTYPE MACHINE.

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'Specificati on of Letters Patent.

LINOTYPE COMPANY; A CORPORATION OF NEW LINOTYPE-M' QHINE- Applicationfiled March 26, 1906. Serial No. 308,043.

To all whom it may concern:

- Be it known that I, THOMAS Smnio'NsHd- MANS, of the borough ofBrooklyn, county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented 5 a newand useful Im rovement in Linotype- Machines, of which t e following is'a specification.

My invention relates to that class of linotype machines in whichcirculating matrices, each containin two separately-usable characters,are com ined w th assembling mechanism 'whereby each matrix entering thecomposed line may be set to a higher or a lower lever in order to bringone or the other of its characters into line for use, as shown, forexample, in United States Patents No. 547,633 to P. T. Dodge and No.615,909 to J. R. R0 ers. In these machines the matrices are de iveredone after another into a channeled support known as theassembler-elevator, which is movable vertically in order to raise thecompleted line preparatory to its being transferred horizontally fromthe elevator through a stationary channel, known as the intermediatechannel, toward the devices for presenting the matrices tothe mold.

In the Rogers patent the assemblin -elevator is provided with ahorizontal bla e located at the receiving end and movable forward andbackward transversely to the line, so that it may be withdrawn from thepath of the matrices in order to permit them to descend to the normallevel with their upper the path of the incoming matrices in order tosustain them at the higher level until they mounted in the elevator andmovable in thedirection of the len th of the line, so that itheretofore, is advantageous in that the gapor opening for the downwardpassage of the matrices may be varied at will, so that, if I desired,all but the last'matrix in the line' characters in line'wor movedbackward into may be moved backward from the path of- I 7 I may bemaintained in the upper position, an

action not possible with, the Rogers structure. When the slide is movedback topermit the descent of the incoming matrices, its

0 dpositeend is projected beyond the de live'ry s1 e'of theassembling-elevator, so that when the elevator is raised to a higherleveland the matrix-line moved horizontally-outof the Patented July3,1906.

elevator into the intermediate channel the projecting end of the bladeoverlying the ears T of'the lower matrices will hold them down inposition andprevent them from catching or indin during their transferacross the. jointor gap etween the elevator and the channell Referringto the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the assemblin -elevator and.attendantparts with the bla e in position to emit matrices to pass tothe lower level. tion of the same. on the line 2 2. similar section withthe blade move ig. 2 is a horizontal secto the right to sustain all thematrices at. the hi her" level.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view looking Fi .Sisa' forward against the frontwall or side ofthe assembling-elevator witha line of matrices thereinand the bladein position: to sustain them at the hi her level.

Fi 5 is a similar view with the lade retracte to permit the a passage ofmatrices to the lower level.

Referrin to the drawings, H re resents the incline carrier-belt on whicht e mat-- rices Y, released from the magazine, pass down successivel.into the channel and the top of the assem lin -elevator 1, into which-'they are urged latera ly ,by'the star-wheel b -.Each matrix isprovided-with two independent characters or matrices proper, y and 1'The:assembling-elevatoris mounted to move vertically in'orderto liftthe composed line:

to the transferring level. All of the fore going'parts are constructedand operated in a manner already. known in the art.. In ap- 1 plyinmy'improvemen't I provide theassemb mg-ele vator I withahorizontal slotor.

groove "ifgto extend practically its entire ength, and in this slot Imount a single longitu'dinally movable blade. J projecting inward beyond'th'e inner wall of e elevator in position to overlie the lower earsof'the mat rices when the .latter stand at the lower'or normal level inthe elevator The blade has fits'inneror o erative'edge continuous andofthe 'lei'i th; 0 the longest line to be assem bled. he bladeisprovidedwith long'itudi-- nal slots j, which receive guiding-pins j inthe elevator, this arrangement permitting the blade to be moved endwisethe distance of half an inch more or less. When moved to the extremeright, its end stands near the star-wheel 71. and in such position thatall the incoming matrices will encounter the blade and be sustainedthereby with their lower characters at the alining-level as they areadvanced along the elevator toward the left. When, however, the blade isretracted endwise to the left, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 5, a gap isleft between its right end and the star-wheel, so that the incomingmatrices may pass the end of the blade. and descend to the lower levelin the elevator, their upper characters being thus brought to thealininglevel and their ears passing beneath the blade. It will be seenthat by simply shifting the blade endwise the matrices may be causedtoassemble at the upper or lower level. By advancing the blade to theright, so that the gap will permit the descent of a single matrix only,it is possible to compose saline in which all the matrices except one ortwo at the extreme right will be sustained at the upper lev 1. When theblade is moved to the left,

as s own in Figs. 1, 2', and 5, its left end projects' beyond theelevator I, as shown. When the elevator is thrown upward from thecomposing position to the position for delivering the matrix-lineendwise into'the channel K, the projecting end of the blade overlyingthe ears of-the matrices will prevent them from jumping upward above theproper level, as there is a tendency to do when the elevator is thrownrapidly upwardly and suddenly arrested.

The blade is provided with a handle 9' b which it may be readily movedto and fro. l t may be provided with any other suitable crating device.Y The slots and pins may e replaced by any other suitable means forguiding the blade.

I believe myself to be the first to combine with the assembling devicesa continuous blade movable longitudinally in such manner as to controlthe level of the incoming matrices, and this I claim, broadly, in anyform and arrangement the mechanical equivalent 5c of that herein shown.

Having described my invention, what I claim is v 1. In alinotype-machine, the assemblingelevator rovided with alongitudinally-mow 5 5 able bla e to control the'height of the incomingmatrices.

2.. In a linotype-machine, the combination of a channeled assembler,means for delivering matrices successively thereto, and a blade mountedin the assembler andmovable endwise to and from'the path of the incomingmatrices. l

3. In a linotype-machin-eprovided with two-letter matrices, theassembler, thestarwheel to deliver matrices: thereto, and the horizontallongitudinally-movable blade extending the entire width of theassembler.

4. In combination with the vertically-- movable assembling-elevator andthe intermediate channel to receive the matrix-line therefrom, an blademounted in the elevator and movable endwise to extend beyond the same,whereby it is ada ted to hold the matrices down within the e evator inposition to be transferred therefrom.

5. In a linotype-machine, a blade formin a member of the assemblingmechanism an arranged to receive and sustain a line of matrices, saidblade arranged for retraction endwise at will to a greater or lessextent.

In testimony whereofI hereunto set my hand, this 24th day of March,1906, in the presence of two attesting witnesses.

' THOMAS SIMMONS HOMANS.

Witnesses:

L. B. Mo'nnriousn, 'D. P. WILLIAMS.

